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Yes, there shall be much wailing and gnashing of teeth once the preliminaries start...

Since we have nothing else to talk about, is anyone interested in rushing once those start, and have any time in mind? Templates is just a matter of cleaning out the old rush posts and putting in new ascii art as needed. Here's tod's old rush instructions.

Yes, there shall be much wailing and gnashing of teeth once the preliminaries start...

Since we have nothing else to talk about, is anyone interested in rushing once those start, and have any time in mind? Templates is just a matter of cleaning out the old rush posts and putting in new ascii art as needed. Here's tod's old rush instructions.

But rushing probably annoys the hell out of the staff up at 2ch. What's the point to overload someone's server? It's like trolling, as in it's annoying.

How far are we with getting the series and character names translated?

Not very far. The name translator who's fluent in Japanese and English from Saimoe '07 and '08 has life to deal with, so we're making do with the few who are willing to help out, with a combination of JP and EN Wikipedia, Google, fandom, and sheer willpower.

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Ah man, I was hoping Achakura Ryouko and Askura Ryouko can count as two different characters?

Not very far. The name translator who's fluent in Japanese and English from Saimoe '07 and '08 has life to deal with, so we're making do with the few who are willing to help out, with a combination of JP and EN Wikipedia, Google, fandom, and sheer willpower.

And God help you when you come across a character whose "name" has to take the form of a sentence. Where is this list in progress, anyway? If the OP linked to a wiki-style list, the hivemind would get through it eventually.

And God help you when you come across a character whose "name" has to take the form of a sentence. Where is this list in progress, anyway? If the OP linked to a wiki-style list, the hivemind would get through it eventually.

I second this request, I have a bit of free time and absolutely no Japanese skill to help with... but I do have Google! And that solves a lot of things.

Also, I recommend the Rikaichan plugin for Firefox for quick in-browser translating. You can hover over Japanese terms and it'll provide the English translation; it doesn't do sentences though, but its database for names is really ace. It helps for providing quick hints or tips in the right direction. Maybe it's useful. *shrug*

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Originally Posted by Mecha_Trueno

Btw, how did Kimikiss get into it this year? don't tell me it was via the "extra" episode?

Yeah, it was. Only one character was pre-nominated (Kuryou), but thanks to fanatics like me who are going to be running around waving the Yuumi and Eriko banners for the next week or so, we've got a large portion of the cast in prelims now.